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Why Isn't Pakistan Prosecuting Mumbai Suspects?
It’s been more than three years since the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks — a slaughter carried out by Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-i-Taiba that left 166 dead, including six Americans — but there is still little to show that its masterminds in Pakistan are being held accountable.
January 10, 2012
Why Is America Reaching Out to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood?
As the final results of Egypt's parliamentary elections come in this week, the country's Islamists are walking away the biggest winners.
January 6, 2012
Why Eradication Won't Solve Afghanistan's Poppy Problem
Afghanistan produces 90 percent of the world’s illicit opium, bringing billions of dollars a year into the country’s economy, fueling the global heroin trade, funding both the Taliban and government-linked warlords, and exacerbating government corruption.
January 3, 2012
Afghanistan's Opium Brides: Who Is Working on the Issue?
The practice of trading girls for debt is hardly new to Afghanistan, and goes far beyond debts incurred from opium eradication policies. And efforts to address the issue are constrained by many factors.
January 3, 2012
Video: More Underreported Stories from Inside Afghanistan
Treacherous territory, hostility to foreigners and high personal risk keep most Western journalists from working from the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan.
January 3, 2012
Face to Face with Afghanistan's Opium Brides
From investigating the sexual abuse of young boys to embedding with a group of insurgents allied with Al Qaeda, veteran Afghan reporter Najibullah Quraishi takes FRONTLINE cameras where few Western journalists can go.
January 3, 2012
What Kind of an Ally Is Pakistan?
As the U.S.-Pakistan relationship continued to descend to new, new lows over the past year, the U.S. has become increasingly vocal in expressing frustrations with its supposed ally in the fight against terror -- and vice versa.
January 3, 2012
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Opium Brides
Najibullah Quraishi reports on the harrowing story of the collateral damage of the counter-narcotics effort in Afghanistan.
January 3, 2012
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The Secret War
Inside the deepest front in America's war against Al Qaeda and the Taliban: Pakistan
January 3, 2012
What Happened At Bradley Manning's Hearing This Week?
Bradley Manning's Article 32 hearing -- essentially a pre-trial that determines the need for a court-martial -- was an odd, stop-start affair, punctuated by frequent, long recesses and disputes over evidence and witnesses.
December 22, 2011
New Evidence of Assange-Manning Link
In an interview last April with FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith, Julian Assange flatly denied that he'd ever had any contact with Bradley Manning...
December 19, 2011